Team:UChicago

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Leather dehairing is the main process involved in removing the noncollagenous constituents of rawhide prior to tanning. Conventionally, chemicals have been used for dehairing process. Unfortunately, these chemicals are toxic to the environment. Furthermore, many enzymes that can be used for dehairing must be heated to achieve optimal activity levels. Our project aims to make the tanning industry more environmentally sustainable by making a cost-effective enzymatically based dehairing system.
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Each year, the poultry industry produces over two billion pounds of feather waste that is mostly processed into nutrient-poor animal feed but recent research has shown that feather keratin can be used to produce biodegradable plastics, fertilizers, detergents, and pharmaceuticals...
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Revision as of 19:13, 27 September 2013

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Each year, the poultry industry produces over two billion pounds of feather waste that is mostly processed into nutrient-poor animal feed but recent research has shown that feather keratin can be used to produce biodegradable plastics, fertilizers, detergents, and pharmaceuticals...

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